Kirby's Block Ball
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Kirby's Block Ball is a Breakout
-style Game Boy
game developed by HAL Laboratory
. It was released in Japan
on December 14, 1995, in North America
on May 1996, and in the PAL
region on December 25, 1995.
-style game in which Kirby bounces around a field littered with blocks and enemies. He can destroy the blocks and enemies by touching them. The object of the game is to keep Kirby in play by bouncing him against four paddles on all four sides of the screen. When all blocks are eliminated, Kirby moves onto the next level. Beating the high score in each level opens up the final level. Enemies destroyed by Kirby are turned into tasty treats, which give the player bonus points if obtained. There are also several power-up
s, which aid him in destroying blocks. There are different modes to the game, including boss battles, and bonus games.
Breakout clone
A Breakout clone is a sub-class of the "bat-and-ball" genre introduced with the Magnavox Odyssey's Tennis and Atari's Pong...
-style Game Boy
Game Boy
The , is an 8-bit handheld video game device developed and manufactured by Nintendo. It was released in Japan on , in North America in , and in Europe on...
game developed by HAL Laboratory
HAL Laboratory
is a Japanese video game developer that was founded on February 21, 1980. It is headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo. Its name comes from the HAL 9000 computer in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey. The company is most famous for its character Kirby, the protagonist of the eponymous game series, as well as...
. It was released in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
on December 14, 1995, in North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
on May 1996, and in the PAL
PAL
PAL, short for Phase Alternating Line, is an analogue television colour encoding system used in broadcast television systems in many countries. Other common analogue television systems are NTSC and SECAM. This page primarily discusses the PAL colour encoding system...
region on December 25, 1995.
Gameplay
Kirby's Block Ball is a BreakoutBreakout clone
A Breakout clone is a sub-class of the "bat-and-ball" genre introduced with the Magnavox Odyssey's Tennis and Atari's Pong...
-style game in which Kirby bounces around a field littered with blocks and enemies. He can destroy the blocks and enemies by touching them. The object of the game is to keep Kirby in play by bouncing him against four paddles on all four sides of the screen. When all blocks are eliminated, Kirby moves onto the next level. Beating the high score in each level opens up the final level. Enemies destroyed by Kirby are turned into tasty treats, which give the player bonus points if obtained. There are also several power-up
Power-up
In computer and video games, power-ups are objects that instantly benefit or add extra abilities to the game character as a game mechanic. This is in contrast to an item, which may or may not have a benefit and can be used at a time chosen by the player...
s, which aid him in destroying blocks. There are different modes to the game, including boss battles, and bonus games.